{"id":283,"date":"2007-02-14T07:39:35","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T07:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sararosso.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/14\/things-you-dont-know-about-me\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:02:23","slug":"things-you-dont-know-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/14\/things-you-dont-know-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Things You Don’t Know about Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been very busy at work with a big project<\/a>, but I took the time this weekend to upgrade my WordPress<\/a> and therefore change my theme so I can use sidebar widgets<\/a>. It was a bit of a mess with Yahoo! web hosting but luckily my day job served me well to get down and dirty in some of the databases and code.<\/p>\n

Make sure you click through to my site to see my new header(s)<\/strong> – it randomly loads a new image every time! (It’s the small pleasures, folks!) Give me some feedback if something doesn’t work for you.<\/p>\n

I was memed by first Beth<\/a> and now Susan<\/a> so I better get to it! I’m not much of a meme<\/strong>‘r…actually it goes way back to 1995 when email was first starting to get popular with friends – since we were unused to it I think a conspiracy started to forward 567,838 forwards and chain emails to generate traffic on the net. I have had an aversion to the letters “Fwd<\/strong>” from that day on.<\/p>\n

But since I notice I have one or two visitors that are not my mom, I thought maybe you would like to know something about me other than the fact I seem to be eating all day every day!<\/p>\n

Doing a mash-up of both memes: 5 Things that you don’t know about me, and 5 totally useless<\/strong>…maybe they are one and the same? :) I’ll let you decide.<\/p>\n

\"Part2-35\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. I’ve had long, curly hair all my life. Until Saturday, that is, when I cut my hair to my chin.<\/strong> And added bangs, another first. I keep looking in the mirror and going, who is that person? It’s going to take some getting used to. On a related note, I’m starting a petition that hot guys can’t become hairdressers.<\/em> Who wants to see a pic?<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. I sang in choirs<\/strong> for about 15 years, but so far I’ve been taking a break while living in Italy. My career highlight is messing up on Japanese national television. I love to sing, and one day, I WILL be atop a piano in a dress with a plunging neckline. In the meantime I provide entertainment for my co-workers during our coffee break.<\/li>\n
  3. I also love to dance.<\/strong> If I’m dancing, I can stay up until all hours, with or without alcohol. My 1st-generation ipod<\/a> and I have had some good times. If my co-workers get lucky and I’ve had two coffees, I throw in a rendition of The Lord of Dance<\/a> for them in the break room. Salsa\/merengue and techno are my favorites, R&B comes in a close second\/third.<\/li>\n
  4. I have a knack for remembering lyrics and melodies<\/strong>, which was useful in number 2. One time this guy amused himself by going through his mp3 collection and asking me to recognize\/sing the songs. I was flawless until we fought over a rap song that I insisted was Ice Cube. He insisted I was wrong and informed me it was Westside Connection. The next day I showed him that Westside Connection<\/a> had none other than Ice Cube as a member. Hee.<\/li>\n
  5. I can’t stand to walk on wet cardboard or wet newspaper.<\/strong> If it’s on the sidewalk, I will jump around it or cross the street if I have to. I have no idea why, but the consistency gives me the willies.<\/li>\n
  6. I can intertwine my toes.<\/strong> This freaked out S for a while when he would see me lying on the bed, legs crossed and toes crossed.<\/li>\n
  7. I’m from the Garlic Capital of the World<\/a><\/strong>…and damn proud of it! haha. No, seriously, every year there’s a festival and I worked there for years, and now I just go back for the peppersteak sandwiches and stuffed mushrooms. And yes, one year I dressed as a garlic bulb. But I was 12, give me a break.<\/li>\n
  8. A big passion of mine is reading, with fits in the food-loving side of me since I eat books. I once read Gone with the Wind on one plane ride (to Fiji). I also picked up the habit in recent years of smelling books<\/strong>. You know, opening the book and taking a big whiff. Of course, this has become harder with ebooks, but I try. Go ahead, try it. You know you want to.<\/li>\n
  9. I have a problem with eating meat off the bone<\/strong>. As in, I don’t like to do it. Chicken wings? No thanks. Ribs? Ack. Chicken fingers? Good. I know I’m missing out and hopefully I’ll get over it as I can’t see upholding that one with children as the boneless varieties of meat aren’t very plentiful.<\/li>\n
  10. I mentioned before I can blush furiously<\/a>, but I have no problems approaching complete strangers<\/strong> in a non-work environment. What do you have to lose? In Hawaii, my friends dared me to go talk to some guys in a restaurant to find a place for us to go out that night. Three groups of guys later, I sat down with a guy at his booth while he was eating alone and started talking. Dares can be fun.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    PS: I am not in the military<\/strong>. This pic relates back to Point Number 10. I have another in a Carabinieri<\/a> hat.<\/p>\n

    This was hard for me, because probably the things that might be weird\/interesting to someone else I probably find to be “normal” because, well, it’s me! I’m not a big tagger, so – Who else wants to reveal the weird\/interesting\/unknown in them? <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve been very busy at work with a big project, but I took the time this weekend to upgrade my WordPress and therefore change my theme so I can use sidebar widgets. It was a bit of a mess with Yahoo! web hosting but luckily my day job served me well to get down and…<\/p>\n

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